“We had a message that a tanker has fallen on its side at the Unity Oil Filling Station. When we came; it was true and the fuel was spilling. The police also came in with their numbers and they assisted so we didn’t have much of a difficulty,” Mr. Aheng-Mensah said.

Personnel had to apply foam to cool the fuel and to also suppress release of flammable vapours that can mix with air to cause fire.

“You can see what the foam does is that; it cuts off supply of oxygen because three things come together to give you a fire. That’s the heat, the fuel and oxygen but if you are able to cut off supply of one of them, then you don’t have fire,” Mr Aheng-Mensah explained.

Major roads from Santasi to Adum, Bantama and other parts of the metropolis remained closed at the time of filing this report whilst fire service personnel work overnight to bring the situation under control.